Mar 18
Over the past four years the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was busy collecting photographs… 10,581 to be exact. And it was all for you! So you could explore the moon at a dazzling resolution of six feet per pixel—your tax dollars at work
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Mar 06
How do you go about creating an iconic and awe-inspiring photograph from the tallest building in America? If you’reTIME, you climb right to the top and set up a 360-degree interactive panorama using not one but 567 images of NYC in all its glory.
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Feb 26
Humans can see an impressive 120-degree arc, but we’re not capable of focusing on all of that vision at once. Panoramic photographs stretch that sight to 180 or 360 degrees, and even better, 100% of that image is in attention-grabbing focus. Here are the 29 panoramas from this week’s Shooting Challenge.
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Feb 21
Shooting Challenge: Panoramas
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It’s hard to take an enchanting photo. But it’s even harder to take an enchanting photo that’s 3x or more the normal length. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re going wide. We’re going panoramic.
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Nov 12
When we first got wind of a throwable, 36-lens compound camera
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Jul 31
Ever visit Tokyo? No? No problem. Messing around in this ridiculous 180-gigapixel, 600,000-pixel wide panorama is practically the same thing, and you can do it right from this browser window.
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Feb 05
Safely Explore an Erupting Volcano With This Stunning 360 Degree Interactive Video
Posted in: Today's Chili
A few days ago we posted a behind the scenes look at how the Moscow-based Airpano managed to capture some spectacular footage and imagery of the Tolbachick volcano using a flying drone. But it turns out they also had a 360 degree video camera mounted to one of their helicopters. And the footage of their flight over the volcano and its lava flows has now been posted online for you to explore and drool over. Nature: you still make for some awe-inspiring footage. [Spiegel via Fazed] More »
Aug 24
Stackable Timelapse Ticker Quickly Captures Perfect Panoramas [Photography]
Posted in: Today's Chili
Almost every camera and cameraphone has the option of taking extra-wide panoramic photos by stitching multiple shots together. But for decent results you either need a sniper’s skills, or something like this simple rotating Camalapse mount to precisely move the camera for you. More »
Jul 17
Ever fancied taking a jaunt around the Antartic but weren’t too keen on the idea of dealing with the frostbite, potential for death under every step, and the bitterly cold temperatures? Not to worry: Google’s got you covered with some seriously stunning 360-degree panoramas, and Street View of historic places like Scott’s hut. Time to go exploring, 21st century-style. More »
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